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Texas Lawmakers Approve Open Carrying of Handguns

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill into law; gun owners would need a license to carry openly

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Associated Press

May 29, 2015 8:30 p.m. ET

AUSTIN, Texas—Lawmakers here Friday approved the carrying of handguns openly on the streets of the nation’s second most-populous state, sending the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it and reverse a ban dating to the post-Civil War era.

Gun owners would still have to get a license to carry a handgun in a visible...